title: Acute effects of the cannabinoid receptor agonist WIN55212-2 on dopamine release in rat: an in vivo electrochemical study.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the cannabinoid receptor agonist, WIN55212-2, and the cannabinoid receptor antagonist, SR141716A, on dopamine (DA) release evoked by KC1 (120 mM) microinjected into the striatum. The cannabinoid agonist WIN55212-2 (1 and 5 mg/kg, i.p.) dose-dependently attenuated DA release in the striatum, whereas the cannabinoid receptor antagonist SR141716A (3 mg/kg, i.p.) produced the opposite effect. SR141716A (3 mg/kg, i.p.) blocked the effects on DA release by WIN55212-2 (5 mg/kg, i.p.). Vehicle alone did not change DA release. These results suggest that cannabinoids modulate DA release in the striatum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering of National Penghu University, Penghu.
authors.forename: Wun-Chin
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chok-Yung
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D048588:Benzoxazines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D063386:Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists; D063387:Cannabinoid Receptor Antagonists; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D008297:Male; D009025:Morpholines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D011720:Pyrazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D000077285:Rimonabant
chemical_list: D048588:Benzoxazines; D063386:Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists; D063387:Cannabinoid Receptor Antagonists; D009025:Morpholines; D009281:Naphthalenes; D010880:Piperidines; D011720:Pyrazoles; C070417:(3R)-((2,3-dihydro-5-methyl-3-((4-morpholinyl)methyl)pyrrolo-(1,2,3-de)-1,4-benzoxazin-6-yl)(1-naphthalenyl))methanone; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D000077285:Rimonabant; D004298:Dopamine